Improvement in portable fences



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

FREDERICK o. oLAss, or EoANoKE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE FENCES.

' Specilication forming part of Letters Patent N0. 59,1 S5, datedOctober 230, 1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK C. CLAss, of Roanoke, in the county ofHuntington and State of Indiana, have invented a new and improved methodof constructing a cheap and durable fence, particularly applicable forextensive ield-inclosures; and I do hereby declare the following to be atrue and full description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this speoitication, with theletters marked thereon, in which- A, Figure 1, is a bracing-post,conveniently formed of four pieces of inch-tl1iek boards, two uprightsseveral inches in width at the bottom and tapering to the top, and twopieces placed horizontally upon the ground, of the length of about fourfeet, and in width of, say, six or eight inches, and cut off slopingatthe ends, between which the two uprights are firmly secured with pins ornails.

B indicates the extensionpanel, which is formed of, say, thirty pieces,more or less, according to the neness of the felice intended, and for agood and substantial fence the pieces need not be more than two inchesin width and half an inch in thickness, and in length to suit the heightof the intended fence, the

material being all of the same width and thickness. rIhe panels areconstructed after the form of diamond-shaped lattice, the peculiaritybeing that the longitudinal supports (four on each side) are placed onthe outside of the lattice instead of the lattice bein gfnailed uponthem. The whole is secured together by nails. driven at each crossing ofthe timber.

A corner-post is formed, as seen in the drawf ings at C, bynailin g astrip of thick board on the end of the panels designed to form thecorner, so as to form a hook or flange, by means of which the two panelsare joined, as seen in the drawings. The pieces ot' boards forming thepost end of the panels should be made ot' inch-thick lumber.

In setting up this fence, the panels are secured to the brace-posts bymeans of a wooden lock, which is inserted through the aperture betweenthe parts forming the end of the panel, thus securing its connectionwith the post, as seen at D.

The aforesaid lock is made of two pieces of board about eight inches inlength by four inches in width, each one of which, being firmly fixed tothe inner edge of one ot' the two uprights forming the brace-post,unites the two parts' of the post when combined with the standing panel,giving them the strength of a solid post. The succeeding panels arejoined to the posts in the same manner, the whole being made fast by aniron key or bolt passing through the three upright timbers of the end ofthe panel and through the lock, asis shown also at D.

I claim- 1. 'Ihe brace-post, in combination with its lock and key; also,the corner-post, in combination with the panel, as described.

2. The lattice-panel with supportingbars, as giving greater strength asa fence.

3. The peculiar construction of the lock and key, in combination withthe brace-post, essentially as described.

FREDERICK C. GLASS. Attest:

W. K. WINDLE, A. A. BOW'EN.

